The curious case of Sir Everard im Thurn and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Exploration & the imperial adventure novel, the lost world

English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920

Volume 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-157

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Dalziell, R.

 

Australian National University 

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ABSTRACT

Presents a contextual analysis of the book "The Lost World," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Similarities of Conan Doyle with Sir Everard im Thurn; Exploration and writings of im Thurn; Attraction brought about by Mount Roraima to im Thurn

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  Dalziell, R.; Australian National University, Australia
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